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Scientific American, Vol. 32, No. 9 (1875) (1875)

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t by beside the tracks over which the trains are constantly run- places with, and having beneath it, an argillaceous red sand- the summer of 1876 the entire work will be complete. The ning. stone, besides containing, in many localities, deposits of iron character of the excavation presents no… … On the flat plain, east of the ridge, Jersey City is built. simply a clean cutting, reinforced with brick arches at the of the Jersey cut, and is a sinuous line in lieu of the direct The small adjacent towns which, quite recently, were ab- approaches and wherever signs of weakness in the rock path…

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